The
Great North Road is a major route in
Zambia, running north from
Lusaka through Kabwe,
Kapiri Mposhi (the road continues by way of a right turn just north of Kapiri Mposhi) Serenje,
Mpika,
Kasama,
Mbala and
Mpulungu. 82km North of Mpika is a signposted left turn onto a well maintained gravel road leading to
Shiwa Ng'andu (12km) and Kapishya Hot Springs (32km). The road from Zambia's border with
Zimbabwe at
Chirundu to Lusaka is now regarded as being part of the Great North Road; but this is only since the opening of the
Chirundu Bridge in 1939 - before that, the Great North Road ran through
Bulawayo and
Livingstone, Zambia to Lusaka. The portion from Mbala to Mupulungu could be regarded as a spur linking to the
Lake Tanganyika steamer service which was popular with travellers up to the 1950s.